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| To revert to an earlier version: | To '''revert''' a page to an earlier version: | ||
| * Go to the page, click on "History" tab at the top of the page, and click on the '''time and date''' of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur', 'last', or "Compare selected versions". | * Go to the page, click on "History" tab at the top of the page, and click on the '''time and date''' of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur', 'last', or "Compare selected versions". | ||
| *Then when that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003)" below the title, rather than "From {project name}". | *Then when that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003)" below the title, rather than "From {project name}". | ||
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| == Reverts and edit conflicts == | == Reverts and edit conflicts == | ||
| Reverts never cause an ] - if between you pressing edit, and then pressing post, someone else edits the page, their edits will be silently overwritten (though still in the page history). Beware of reverting high-traffic pages! Conversely, if it looks like someone has deleted your edits, consider if it's more likely that it's one of these unfortunate |
Reverts never cause an ] - if between you pressing edit, and then pressing post, someone else edits the page, their edits will be silently overwritten (though still in the page history). Beware of reverting high-traffic pages! Conversely, if it looks like someone has deleted your edits, consider if it's more likely that it's one of these unfortunate revision conflicts. | ||
| == Admin-only "rollback" link == | == Admin-only "rollback" link == | ||
| On a ] an admin has additional "rollback" links |
On a ] an admin has additional "rollback" links for contributions marked '''top''' (the last edit made by anybody to that article). The ] showing the difference between an old and the current version of a page also has this link. Clicking on the link reverts to the last edit not made by the user being reverted. An automatic ] ''Reverted edits by X to last version by Y'' is added. | ||
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If between loading the User Contributions page and pressing ''rollback'', someone else has edited or rolled back the page already, the message ''Rollback failed'' will display with an explanation of the problem. | ||
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If the page has been created by the malicious user and nobody else has edited the page, clicking the rollback link gives the message "Cannot revert edit; last contributor is only author of this article." Reverting the creation of the page is done with the separate delete link. This feature can not be used when the last two edits were by the same user, and one wants to revert to the previous version only. | ||
| This feature can not be used when the last two edits were by the same user, and one wants to revert the last one only. | |||
| ⚫ | The feature is especially useful in the case of a known vandal, whose edits |
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| ⚫ | The feature is especially useful in the case of a known vandal, whose edits don't need to be checked before being reverted. | ||
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Revision as of 22:46, 12 January 2006
To revert a page to an earlier version:
- Go to the page, click on "History" tab at the top of the page, and click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur', 'last', or "Compare selected versions".
- Then when that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003)" below the title, rather than "From {project name}".
- Verify that you've selected the correct version, and click to edit the page, as you would normally.
- You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision.
- Ignore the warning and save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" (or "rv") to the edit summary
Reverts and edit conflicts
Reverts never cause an edit conflict - if between you pressing edit, and then pressing post, someone else edits the page, their edits will be silently overwritten (though still in the page history). Beware of reverting high-traffic pages! Conversely, if it looks like someone has deleted your edits, consider if it's more likely that it's one of these unfortunate revision conflicts.
Admin-only "rollback" link
On a user contributions page an admin has additional "rollback" links for contributions marked top (the last edit made by anybody to that article). The diff page showing the difference between an old and the current version of a page also has this link. Clicking on the link reverts to the last edit not made by the user being reverted. An automatic edit summary Reverted edits by X to last version by Y is added.
If between loading the User Contributions page and pressing rollback, someone else has edited or rolled back the page already, the message Rollback failed will display with an explanation of the problem.
If the page has been created by the malicious user and nobody else has edited the page, clicking the rollback link gives the message "Cannot revert edit; last contributor is only author of this article." Reverting the creation of the page is done with the separate delete link. This feature can not be used when the last two edits were by the same user, and one wants to revert to the previous version only.
The feature is especially useful in the case of a known vandal, whose edits don't need to be checked before being reverted. Template:H:f